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2016 Forest River Rockwood

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

Owners have filed 9 safety complaints about the 2016 Forest River Rockwood with the US government. Of those, 1 mentions a fire and no death is recorded. One recall campaign is open against it, covering the tires.

The most complained-about system is the electrical system, named in 3 complaints, 33% of the total. The typical failure was reported at 1,500 miles, the median across the 7 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files · Covers October 2015 to June 2020 · How this is counted

What is on file

9 complaints on file

9

Complaints

0

Describe a crash

1

Mention fire

0

People injured

0

Deaths

A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.

A recall is the manufacturer conceding a defect, and the repair is free. Whether one covers your particular car is a question only its VIN can answer, because a campaign covers a production range rather than a model year.

Which system owners named

Complaints naming each system
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 3 · 33%
STRUCTURE 3 · 33%
SUSPENSION 2 · 22%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 · 22%
TIRES 1 · 11%
VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 · 11%
WHEELS 1 · 11%
0 4 8

Red marks a system with a recall campaign against it. One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 9.

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2019 at 3.

4 3 2 1
15 16 17 18 19 20

This is the year the complaint was filed, not the year the failure happened. The range runs from 2015 to 2020.

Crash test ratings

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program

NHTSA has not crash tested the 2016 Forest River Rockwood. Its New Car Assessment Program tests a selection of each year's vehicles and does not reach motorcycles, heavy trucks, motorhomes or most low-volume models, so an absence here says nothing about how the vehicle would perform. It is not a low score.

What owners have reported about this vehicle is below, and it is a different question: a crash test measures what happens to the people inside in a controlled impact, while a complaint records what broke during ordinary use.

Recall campaigns

1 on file

TIRES

20V221000 · April 17, 2020

The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2016 Rockwood RLT2604WS, WRLT2604WS, Flagstaff FLT26RLWS and WFLT26RLWS recreational trailers. Due to insufficient clearance between the front tire and slide out actuator, the tire may contact the slide out bracket and become damaged.
The risk
If the front tire becomes damaged, it may fail and cause a loss control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a lift kit that will provide the proper clearance between the tire and the slide out bracket. Damaged tires will be replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began May 11, 2020. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-642-8943. Forest River's number for this recall is 10D-1159.

Forest River, Inc. · up to 83 vehicles across all model years covered

In owners’ own words

Quoted from the complaint file

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

fire · 4,000 miles

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 FOREST RIVER ROCKWOOD EQUIPPED WITH A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, SERIAL NUMBER: 52100384, MODEL NUMBER: DMR702. WHILE THE CAMPER WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE, THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED BY A NEIGHBOR THAT THE CAMPER WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE VENT BEHIND THE REFRIGERATOR. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CAMPER WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AT AMERICAN TRUCK & TRAILER (LOCATED AT 11949 LIVINGSTON RD, MANASSAS, VA 20109, (703) 257-1710) FOR AN UNKNOWN FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE

NHTSA complaint 11254717, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

towed

THE TANDEM AXLE TRAILERS' FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE IS DAMAGED BY THE SLIDE OUT BRACKET WHEN THE SUSPENSION IS COMPRESSED WHILE BEING TOWED ON ROUGH PAVEMENT, POT HOLES, ETC. THE DAMAGE WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL RECENTLY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE TIRE IT OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE.*DT*JB

NHTSA complaint 11192712. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STRUCTURE:BODY

500 miles

HAD 2 BLOWOUTS ON SAME TIRE WITHIN 500 MILES, THE DAY AFTER WE BOUGHT IT FROM CAMPING WORLD. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. SUMMARY: FOREST RIVER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012-2013 ROCKWOOD, WINDJAMMER, VLITE AND FLAGSTAFF TRAVEL TRAILERS MANUFACTURED FEBRUARY 3, 2012, THROUGH FEBRUARY 4, 2013. WHEN AN AFFECTED TRAILER HITS A LARGE BUMP OR POT HOLE, THE TRAILER TIRE MAY CONTACT THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR. CONSEQUENCE: AS A RESULT, THE TIRE MAY BECOME DAMAGED AND POSSIBLY BLOW OUT WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. REMEDY: FOREST RIVER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL ADD A LIFT KIT BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE AXLE MOUNTING BRACKETS, FREE OF CHARGE.

NHTSA complaint 11328635, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SUSPENSION

1,500 miles

OK PURCHASED THIS TRAILER NEW. AFTER ABOUT 1500 MILES WE HAD A BLOWOUT WITHOUT KNOWING IT ON THE FRONT AXLE PASSENGER SIDE. WE DISCOVERED IT WHEN WE PULLED INTO A CAMPGROUND. THERE WAS ONLY SIDEWALLS LEFT. WE PUT THE SPARE ON AND WENT TO A TIRE STORE THE NEXT DAY. WE REPLACED THE TIRE AND THE OTHER SIDE ON THAT AXLE SO THE TIRES WOULD MATCH. WE TOOK SEVERAL SHORT TRIPS AROUND THE AREA AND THEN IN THE SPRING OF 2017. ON THE WAY HOME WITH ONCE AGAIN ABOUT 1500 MILES ON THE NEW TIRES THE TIRE MINDERS ALERTED UP THAT WE WERE LOSING AIR IN THE TIRE ON THE FRONT AXLE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. AT THE SAME TIME A CAR PULLED ALONG SIDE AND TOLD US THAT WE HAD THRONE A TREAD. WE PULLED OVER AND WE HAD

NHTSA complaint 11234295, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

30,000 miles

I EXPERIENCED A TIRE FAILURE ON MY TRAVEL TRAILER. RIDGWAY SPORT ST, ST225/75R15, DOT # 1KMM16A, MANUFACTURE DATE 2615. I WAS TRAVELING 63MPH, MY TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM SHOWED 53PSI. THE TIRE QUICKLY BEGAN LOSING PRESSURE AS ALERTED BY MY TPMS. LATER I EXAMINED THE TIRE AND FOUND TREAD SEPARATION AND SINGLE STRANDS OF METAL POKING THROUGH THE TREAD. THE TREAD PATTERN WAS ALSO DISTORTED. I HAVE PICTURES AND THE TIRE. I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED BY THE TIRE MANUFACTURE AS I NEED TO PURCHASE 4 NEW TIRES.

NHTSA complaint 11103854. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STRUCTURE

1,500 miles

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FOREST RIVER ROCKWOOD. AFTER DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE SHOWER PANEL FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE RV TRAILER WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,500.

NHTSA complaint 10954208. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

Compare

Other years of the Forest River Rockwood

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2022 12 4 —
2020 13 1 —
2019 8 5 —
2018 10 6 —
2017 8 7 —
2012 8 1 —

Other 2016 Forest River models

Salem 9

Complaints on file, same model year.

Every Forest River on this site — 30 vehicles.

If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. How many repair attempts it takes, and how long you have to file, is set by the state you bought in and by nothing on this page.

Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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